Winter Crafts: Upcycle a Pill Bottle into a Snowman!

This is quite possibly one of my favorite winter crafts– upcycle a pill bottle into an adorable snowman!

My grandma loved to keep her empty pill bottles for me to upcycle into cute crafts. I recently found a stash of pill bottles she had given me and I was inspired by the hat-like shape that the lid had. This inspiration led me to create an adorable pill bottle snowman that just makes this heart of mine smile!

How To Do It:

2. Once dry, take the lid off the pill bottle. Spray paint the lid black and spray paint the pill bottle white. Remember, when it comes to spray paint, you will get better results if you do multiple light coats rather than one heavy coat.

3. While your paint dries, find two small twigs/sticks from your yard. These will become the arms of the snowman. Then, search through your vintage button stash and find two small, black buttons. Last but not least, cut a long rectangle out of your recycled felt.

5. Once the paint dries on your pill bottle, put the lid back on. Now it’s time to put the snowman together! I hot glued the buttons on first. After, I hot glued the “scarf” around the pill bottle. Then, I hot glued the twigs/sticks to the side of the pill bottle.

6. With your permanent marker, draw a cute face on the snowman.

I just can’t handle how cute he is! Now I just have to decide where to display him. Where would you put him?

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Bonnie Getchell Hello! I'm Bonnie -- a craft nerd, musician, writer, furniture and vintage lover, crafter, and diyer!
If you would like to learn more about me, I also have my own blog, Revolutionaries, where I write about more craft projects, furniture redos, and my faith! You can also find me on Google+, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

11 Responses to Winter Crafts: Upcycle a Pill Bottle into a Snowman!

I was looking at and thinking the same. No love for unitaskers. How about filling it with potpourri of essential oils,drilling or punching small holes in the lid for the scent to waft out. You could also make 1 larger hole in the top and insert an led light from a strand on the Tree. It would cast a lovely glow. 🎄❤️

Tempera paint will flake off when it’s dry, so it won’t last, but for kids it’s all about the process, not the product, anyway, so if you’ve got some willing kids and some tempera paint, then I say go for it!

Another paint that would work well with kids and a paintbrush is regular ole’ craft-grade acrylic paint. If you throw some newspaper down and dress your kids in painting clothes, they ought to be able to paint themselves a pretty nice pill bottle snowman that way.

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